Cigar-rolling apron



(No Model.)v

P. O. MILLER. GIGAR ROLLING APRON.

No. 431,'907. Patented July 8. 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDRICK C. MILLER, OF NEVPORT, KENTUCKY.

cIeAR-RoLLl Ne APRoN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 431,907, dated July 8,1890.

Application filed November Z3, 1889. Serial No. 331,369. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDRIGK C'. MILLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newport, Campbell. county, Kentucky, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Cigar-Rolling Aprons, of which thefollowing is a specification.

It is now the case with cigar-rolling aprons that in the act of rollingthe bunch of'tobacco over the rolling-table they become kinked orcreased, and that in rolling other than a straight cigar-bunch thestrain on the larger parts of the bunch is too great, While on thesmaller parts of the bunch there is no strain at all; and, in fact, nomattei' under what condition or in what shape the iiller may be placedon 4the apron the tendency of the ordinary apron is to spread thelfiller and produce a straight cigar-bunch. By myimproved apron thesedefects are entirely overcome, and this is done by providing the apronintermediate of its edges with corrugations that are larger or Wider atthe points Where the larger parts of the bunch are formed and narrowerfor the smaller parts.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will proceed todescribe the saine with reference to the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure I is a plan view of my improved apron. Fig. Il is asectional view thereof. Fig. III is a plan View showing the apron inuse, a partof Which is broken away above the bunclrroller to disclosethe manner in which the pocket thereof incloses the bunch.

A represents the apron, which is provided with one or more transversecorrugations Z). This apron is preferably made of elastic material; butany other suitablematerial may of course be used. The corrugations maybe made of any desired shape best adapted for the peculiar shape ofcigar-bunch to be rolled. The object in thus corrugating the apron is tosupply inore length in the middle thereof, or at that part that formsthe larger parts of cigar sought to be produced, and the strain on thebunch is no greater on the thickest part or that of greatest diameter ofthe bunch than on the smallest or of least diameter, the strain beingequal from one end of the bunch to the other. The apron also has notendency to spread nor compress the bunch tighter at one point thananother and enables the rolling of any shaped bunch properly.

In Fig. III the apron is shown in use. C

represents the bunch-roller, that is preferably of the form describedand claimed in my patent, No. 421,296,0f February 11,1890, having anumber of rings that on the bunch side of the roller conform to theshape of' the bunch, they being in a straight line on the opposite side.D is the table upon which the bunch is rolled. e is a binder in dottedlines.

l-Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim as neT therein, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A cigar-rolling apron corrugated transversely, substantially as4 andfor the purpose explained.

2. An elastic cigar-rolling apron corrugated transversely, substantiallyas and for the purpose explained.

3. A cigar-rolling apron corrugated transversely along its middle,substantially as and for the purpose explained.

4. An elastic cigar rolling apron transversely corrugated between itsedges for a portion of its Width, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

FREDRICK C. MILLER. lVitnesses:

A. F. WENZEL, NAPOLEON DUBRUL.

